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Te Deum Laudamus - who has heard it or sung it - in English or Latin or any other language?

Rumpel said:
Why, oh, why not list the Catholic Church? Think about this for a moment, n.b.
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Good heavenly days. Somebody else is going to have to explain the obvious to you; I just don't have the patience this morning. :doh
 
TypicalRussian said:
there are plentyl of orthodix chnats i know of
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I know and like Russian Orthodox chants.
One of them I can still sing myself!

Does the TE DEUM LAUDAMUS exist in Russian as well?
 
nota bene said:
And does it really matter whether somebody says "Maundy Thursday" vs "Holy Thursday"?
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Words matter.





In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God




I suppose you know where that is from.
 
Rumpel said:
Words matter.





In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God




I suppose you know where that is from.
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Not confusing words with the Word is important too.
 
Words matter
 
I remember a version of the Te Deum as a magnificently joyful hymn sung in church, the first line intoned by the priest, and the choir and congregation banging out the rest. It in no way resembled the more somber “Holy God we praise Thy name” versions I heard.

I have also seen historical references when religious or secular leaders in Catholic countries would order Te Deums sung after some military victories or what they saw as acts of God in ending an epidemic or some other danger to the community.
 
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Nickyjo said:
I have also seen historical references when religious or secular leaders in Catholic countries would order Te Deums sung after some military victories or what they saw as acts of God in ending an epidemic or some other danger to the community.
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In Catholic countries only?
 
Rumpel said:
In Catholic countries only?
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I don’t know if and where Latin hymns survived or were retained in Protestant areas, or if the incidents I read about pre-dated the Reformation.
 
Nickyjo said:
I don’t know if and where Latin hymns survived or were retained in Protestant areas, or if the incidents I read about pre-dated the Reformation.
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Some Protestant hate any Latin.
Which is a pity.

But not all do - thank God!
 
I think Latin is the language of pretension.
 
Nickyjo said:
I remember a version of the Te Deum as a magnificently joyful hymn sung in church, the first line intoned by the priest, and the choir and congregation banging out the rest. It in no way resembled the more somber “Holy God we praise Thy name” versions I heard.
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Whatever way - it is a great song! :peace
 
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